meditative

• To old Sammler, considering, with smallish ruddy face, the filmed bubble of the eye, and slightly cat-whiskered—a meditative island on the island of Manhattan—it was plain that the rich men he knew were winners in struggles of criminality, of permissible criminality. —  Mr. Sammler's Planet
• They were as amused, as meditative -- as guilty, Aschemann thought -- as ever. —  F ;SF - vol 098 issue 04 - April 2000
• Inspired in The Valley of Silence , it is sad, meditative, mystical, religious Footnote 5: Perhaps every poet has this experience. —  Poets of the South
• Dark and meditative, they were alive with intelligence, and the expression of imbecility had dropped from the face like a mask. —  Conan -- The Stories from Weird Tales (1932-1936)
• His voice was meditative, almost languid as he said That the woman should die seems just and right--if by your kindness and the mercy of God ye will let me speak. —  Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Complete

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